The BJP dismissed the Congress’ condemnation of the Modi government’s nine-year tenure as a collection of lies and a huge fabrication. News agency PTI reported that the BJP claimed that the questions asked by the Congress stemmed from “malicious hatred” towards the prime minister.
Former Union Minister and current BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad has refuted the allegations made by the Congress against the government on several subjects. He confidently said that India’s economy has made great strides, from a fragile state to become the fifth largest economy in the world.
The Congress party posed nine questions to PM Modi regarding issues including inflation, unemployment and farm revenue. He also requested an apology for the perceived betrayal by his administration. The opposition party suggested that the government recognize the day as “Apology Day”.
In response to concerns over national security, Prasad, a BJP leader, asserted that China had seized Indian land during Congress’s tenure, while India had used its might in the eastern Ladakh conflict against the neighboring country’s army. was performed.
According to him, the current government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has improved the infrastructure at the borders, while the previous Congress-led government deliberately neglected it.
Prasad criticized Jairam Ramesh, a general secretary of the Congress, for using inappropriate language to criticize Modi and lowering the level of discourse.
PTI in its report quoted him as saying, “They should rise above their hatred for Modi. The Congress was badly defeated the last two times and will meet the same fate in 2024.”
The BJP leader also called the Congress’ allegation of “Covid mismanagement” against the government “the height of shamelessness” and said the entire world considered India’s response to the pandemic as “the best”.
He remarked that oxygen trains were operationalised, health facilities were improved and the Covid-19 vaccine was distributed across the country. At the same time, he sarcastically said that even the Congress leaders got vaccinated.
Prasad questioned the Congress’s criticism of the government and expressed concern about the negative impact it could have on the country’s resilience. He considered the criticism a significant offense towards healthcare workers and other individuals who worked hard to save the country during the pandemic.
When the BJP government came to power in 2014, the Indian economy was valued at US$1 trillion. Now, it has grown to around US$3.5. Additionally, the country’s foreign exchange reserves exceed Rs 50 lakh crore (Indian currency), and exports have almost doubled to Rs 36 lakh crore.
Prasad said, “The questions asked by the Congress are a bundle of lies and a mountain of deception. These nine questions are not arising out of any criticism, which is their right, but have arisen out of pathological hatred towards Narendra Modi.”
